| 1 | | - | H.B. No. 2950 |
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| 1 | + | By: Smith (Senate Sponsor - Huffman) H.B. No. 2950 |
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| 2 | + | (In the Senate - Received from the House May 14, 2021; |
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| 3 | + | May 14, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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| 4 | + | Jurisprudence; May 21, 2021, reported favorably by the following |
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| 5 | + | vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 21, 2021, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | + | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 4 | 10 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 11 | | relating to the composition of and actions transferred by the |
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| 6 | 12 | | judicial panel on multidistrict litigation. |
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| 7 | 13 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 8 | 14 | | SECTION 1. Section 74.161(a), Government Code, is amended |
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| 9 | 15 | | to read as follows: |
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| 10 | 16 | | (a) The judicial panel on multidistrict litigation consists |
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| 11 | 17 | | of five members designated from time to time by the [chief justice |
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| 12 | 18 | | of the] supreme court. The members of the panel must be active, |
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| 13 | 19 | | former, or retired court of appeals justices or active |
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| 14 | 20 | | administrative judges. |
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| 15 | 21 | | SECTION 2. Section 74.1625(a), Government Code, is amended |
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| 16 | 22 | | to read as follows: |
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| 17 | 23 | | (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the judicial panel on |
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| 18 | 24 | | multidistrict litigation may not transfer: |
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| 19 | 25 | | (1) an action brought by the consumer protection |
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| 20 | 26 | | division of the attorney general's office under Subchapter E, |
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| 21 | 27 | | Chapter 17, Business & Commerce Code[, except an action |
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| 22 | 28 | | specifically authorized by Section 17.50 of that code]; or |
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| 23 | 29 | | (2) an action brought under Chapter 36, Human |
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| 24 | 30 | | Resources Code. |
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| 25 | 31 | | SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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| 26 | 32 | | an action commenced on or after the effective date of this Act. An |
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| 27 | 33 | | action commenced before the effective date of this Act is governed |
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| 28 | 34 | | by the law in effect immediately before the effective date of this |
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| 29 | 35 | | Act, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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| 30 | 36 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 31 | 37 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 32 | 38 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 33 | 39 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 34 | 40 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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| 35 | | - | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 36 | | - | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 37 | | - | I certify that H.B. No. 2950 was passed by the House on May |
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| 38 | | - | 13, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 127, Nays 15, 2 present, not |
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| 39 | | - | voting. |
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| 40 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 41 | | - | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 42 | | - | I certify that H.B. No. 2950 was passed by the Senate on May |
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| 43 | | - | 27, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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| 44 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 45 | | - | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 46 | | - | APPROVED: _____________________ |
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| 47 | | - | Date |
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| 48 | | - | _____________________ |
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| 49 | | - | Governor |
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| 41 | + | * * * * * |
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